Rain comes to this part of Fayette County in long soft nights, and by morning the grass down along the Kaskaskia bottoms has grown an inch out of pure spite. L&D mowing and pressure washing llc keeps pace with it around Sharon Township — mowing once the ground firms up, trimming the corners a deck cannot reach, edging the drive back to its true line. Sycamores stand white along the creek and drop enough limbs to make a spring cleanup honest work. There is something plainly good about a lawn finished on a June evening: striped, swept, the walk clear from step to street. Later in the year the leaves come down and the same yards get put in order before the cold.